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Susan Sarandon dropped from talent agency after pro-Palestine remarks

www.theguardian.com

Susan Sarandon dropped by talent agency after remarks at pro-Palestine rally

Archived version: https://archive.ph/WCzoO
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231121221044/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/21/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped

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Well, she did say some fucked up things. But the other people mentioned in the article who were forced to resign basically just said “I’m against genocide” and were labeled as antisemites. That’s fucked up too.
- What did Susan say that was fucked up? I didn't see anything terrible in the article itself
  
  “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”
  She’s being shitty to American Jews for something Israel’s government is doing and being overly indifferent to, if not supporting antisemitic violence in America.
  She didn’t have to do that to make the point that American Muslims are also being treated badly and live in fear of retaliatory violence every time any Muslim commits a crime anywhere.
- Did she? I watched the video and it just sounds like she's expressing support for Palestine and suggesting others do the same.
  
  Outrage tourists gonna outrage
- If being against genocide is antisemitic, genocide is an inherent trait of Judaism - if that's the case, there's a pretty strong argument to be made that they should be wiped out. It's an incredibly stupid, antisemitic claim to make.
- The other person, not people, mentioned was Maha Dakhil. She still works at CAA. She resigned from its Board. It’s not like she’s homeless. She had to resign from a leadership position. That’s all.
This silencing of views around Israel is the new McCarthyism
- Seriously... Pro-isreal a-ok! Pro- Palestine (read: NOT FUCKING HAMAS) strait to the asylum, wrap it up boys we got another antisemitic asshat! Exile them!
  
  “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”
  Doesn't sounds like pro-palestinians, more like pro-antisemitism, justifying it.
This does not bode well for my script to introduce Thelma and Louise into the Fast and Furious franchise. (They landed it with grappling hooks and shifting gears a lot)
- I like to imagine they shifted the gears together, one hand on top of the other ❤️.
  
  They were ~~room~~car mates
  
  That’s what Vin Diesel said.
  Edit: And I’ll tell you what I told him, “I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I will take no notes”
They mean antisemitic remarks. People keep confusing the two. Odd.
- Honest question for someone out of the loop, and I really hope I don't say anything offensive. Is it antisemitic to claim the Israel Military/Government is committing genocide? Is it the infered intent of the speaker that makes the distinction if the statement is antisemitic or not?
  Last month, Maha Dakhil, the co-head of film at Hollywood powerhouse agency CAA, faced internal backlash and resigned from the agency’s board after she reposted an image on Instagram that read, in part: “You’re currently learning who supports genocide.”
  Dakhil added the caption: “That’s the line for me.” She then posted a second image that read: “What’s more heartbreaking than witnessing genocide? Witnessing the denial that genocide is happening.”
  I really wish the article explained why these statements are antisemitic. Nothing here seems hostile to Jewish people as a whole, and I interpreted it as a condemnation of the government, but maybe I'm naive. To me it seems like having any opinion opposed to the Israeli Military/Government is considered antisemitic, and they are immune to criticism.
  
  No it isn't but the Israel lobby is fighting a furious campaign to shut down criticism and calling people anti semites and getting them cancelled or fired is their primary weapon to silence people through fear.
  
  She justified antisemitism:
  “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”
- Saying that you oppose Genocide is not antisemitic
  
  Saying that opposition to genocide is antisemitic is to say genocide is inherent to Judaism - that's some Hitler-tier antisemitism that makes a (moronic) case for exterminating the genocidal Jewish race.

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